Eglise Saint Michel Archange

Historic site and monument, Church in Fleurat
  • Fleurat is mentioned in 1282 as a chapel of the Order of the Temple, under the jurisdiction of the church of Saint Priest la Plaine. The church's patronage then belonged to the Order of Malta (Commanderie de Paulhac).
    12th-century church with rib vaulting. The double arches have disappeared, but their supports remain; slender pillars with engaged columns with ornate capitals, two with hooks, one with confronted snakes and one with an epannelé.
    The church is currently panelled. The west...
    Fleurat is mentioned in 1282 as a chapel of the Order of the Temple, under the jurisdiction of the church of Saint Priest la Plaine. The church's patronage then belonged to the Order of Malta (Commanderie de Paulhac).
    12th-century church with rib vaulting. The double arches have disappeared, but their supports remain; slender pillars with engaged columns with ornate capitals, two with hooks, one with confronted snakes and one with an epannelé.
    The church is currently panelled. The west portal has a broken tracery with boudins and colonnettes, and the capitals are adorned with human masks and hooks that develop into friezes only at the ends, the colonnette capitals being isolated. The church has been raised. It must have been fortified with a sentry walk on hoardings, to which access was provided by an open door
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